FÜSSEN, Germany – The puck is about to drop on the 2013 Meco Cup, with Canada’s
National Women’s Under-22/Development Team playing its opening game against Switzerland at 7 p.m. local
time/1 p.m. ET on Thursday, Jan. 3 in Füssen. The four-day tournament culminates with playoff games Sunday,
Jan. 6 in Füssen and Ravensburg, Germany.

Canada’s National Women’s Under-22/Development Team also faces off against
Finland at 7:30 p.m. local time/1:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, Jan. 5 in Füssen.

In pre-tournament action Wednesday, Canada beat Germany 8-1, with Marie-Philip Poulin (Beauceville,
Que./Boston University, Hockey East) scoring a hat trick, including one in the second period when Canada was
down two players on the penalty kill. Brianne Jenner (Oakville, Ont./Cornell University, ECAC) had two goals,
Carolyne Prevost (Sarnia, Ont./Montreal, CWHL) scored on a penalty shot, while Jessica Campbell (Melville,
Sask./Cornell University, ECAC) and Sarah Davis (Paradise, N.L./University of Minnesota, WCHA) also added
goals.

Canada’s roster includes two goaltenders, seven defencemen and 13 forwards. Roster selection is based on
evaluations by Hockey Canada scouts, led by Hockey Canada’s head scout of women’s national teams Melody
Davidson, and Canada’s National Women’s Under-22/Development Team coaching staff.

Player evaluations have been based on performances at the 2012 National Women’s Under-22/Development Team
selection camp and three-game series against the United States, both held in Calgary, Alta., in August, other
past performances within Canada’s National Women’s Program, with their provincial and regional programs, as
well as with their respective club teams in leagues such as the Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL),
Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

Canada’s National Women’s Under-22/Development Team roster for the 2013 Meco Cup
includes:

seventeen players who attended Canada’s National Women’s Under-22/Development Team selection camp in
Calgary in August 2012;

sixteen players who played for Canada’s National Women’s Under-22/Development Team in a three-game series
against the United States in Calgary in August 2012;

twenty players who attended Canada’s National Women’s Team September Camp/Fall Festival in Calgary in
September 2012;

five players who won a gold medal with Canada’s National Women’s Team at the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s
World Championship in Burlington, Vt. (Fortino, Jenner, Lacasse, Poulin, Rougeau);

three players who won a gold medal with Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team at the 2012 IIHF Ice
Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship in Prerov and Zlin, Czech Republic (Ambrose, Lefort, Stacey);

one player who won a gold medal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, B.C. (Poulin).